5:26 PM Appointing of a beer bar owner as Mahamandaleshwar stokes controversy. Sachin Dutta is associated with beer bars and real estate business. He has now been appointed as Mahamandaleshwar. His name is Sachidanand Maharaj. But people have ...

Brendan Rodgers has hinted summer signing Joe Gomez could start ahead of Alberto Moreno in Liverpool's opening fixture against Stoke City on 9 August. The 18-year-old young defender arrived at Anfield from Charlton Athletic and has penned a ...

Crystal Palace and Stoke City have surprisingly entered the battle to sign Fernando Llorente, who has an £8.5m price tag. The Juventus striker was reportedly the 'surprise' striker Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal was keen to sign. Palermo ...

Ibrahim Afellay made debut for Stoke City after signing from Barcelona Anthony Modeste gave FC Koln a deserved lead on the stroke of half time Peter Odemwingie equalised for Mark Hughes' side in the 79th minute ButYannick Gerhardt fired past Jack ...

Brendan Rodgers insisted Liverpool will be ready for next Sunday's Premier League opener at Stoke City after they laboured to an unconvincing 2-0 win over HJK Helsinki. Second-half goals from Divock Origi and Philippe Coutinho ensured Liverpool's ...

The Samajwadi Party cracked down on leader Mohammed Farooq Ghosi after he stoked a controversy on Saturday by demanding a Rajya Sabha nomination for the widow of Yakub Memon, executed for his role in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts. The embarrassed ...

Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini has stoked the fires ahead of the Gunners' Community Shield meeting with Chelsea on Sunday by saying the champions have done them a "good favour" by selling Petr Cech. The Czech goalkeeper ended an 11-year stint ...

Chelsea's Colombian striker Radamel Falcao (2nd-L stretches during a training session at Chelsea's training ground in Stoke DAbernon, south of London on Friday. — AFP photo Arsenal's readiness to mount a sustained title challenge in 2015-16 ...

From the section Stoke & Staffordshire "Nello" Baldwin unveiled the sign with market traders Former Stoke City FC kit man Neil "Nello" Baldwin has unveiled a street named after him in an indoor market. New signs were installed to help ...